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Level 52.06

Stats 14 March 2006:



Rank : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 6% (+1) Forum Posts : 753 (+1)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 20247 (+204) Shows : 1
Pending : 95 (-102) Episodes : 2
Denied : 117 People : 0
Total : 20459 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
126 Shows (+3) 1 Show
Once again, 200 accepted submissions is just enough to earn 1% at Level 52... Go on, tell me I'm wrong! I got another three editorships: Pie in the Sky, Strange Report and, oops, The Human Jungle. I was aiming for just 79 points for the last, but I forgot that I had to take two passes at the show cast.
Stats 13 March 2006:
Rank       : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 5% (-) Forum Posts : 752 (-)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 20043 (+2) Shows : 1
Pending : 197 (+102) Episodes : 2
Denied : 117 People : 0
Total : 20360 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
123 Shows 1 Show
Stats 11 March 2006:
  Rank       : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 5% (-) Forum Posts : 752 (-)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 20041 (-) Shows : 1
Pending : 95 (+3) Episodes : 2
Denied : 117 People : 0
Total : 20253 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
123 Shows 1 Show
Stats 10 March 2006:
Rank       : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 5% (-) Forum Posts : 752 (-)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 20041 (-) Shows : 1
Pending : 92 (+72) Episodes : 2
Denied : 117 People : 0
Total : 20250 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
123 Shows 1 Show
Stats 9 March 2006:
Rank       : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 5% (-) Forum Posts : 752 (-)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 20041 (+205) Shows : 1
Pending : 20 (-101) Episodes : 2
Denied : 117 People : 0
Total : 20178 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
123 Shows 1 Show
Just when I thought I had this thing sussed... 200 accepted on 2 March was worth 1%... 200 accepted on 6 March was worth 1%... 200 accepted on 8 March is worth... nothing. There is no mistake on my part, and missribs says that the levels are working properly. So that's all right, then(!) At least I know why they want to keep the precise nature of the relationship between activity and reward a secret!
Stats 8 March 2006:
Rank       : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 5% (-) Forum Posts : 752 (-)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 19836 (+22) Shows : 1
Pending : 121 (-20) Episodes : 2
Denied : 117 People : 0
Total : 20074 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
122 Shows (+1) 1 Show
I acquired editorship of another show, Man from Interpol, although the substantive work was actually done in the run-up to 3 March.

Level 52.05

Stats 7 March 2006:



Rank : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 5% (+1) Forum Posts : 746 (-)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 19814 (+200) Shows : 1
Pending : 141 (-84) Episodes : 2
Denied : 117 People : 0
Total : 20072 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
122 Shows (+4) 1 Show
Stats 6 March 2006:
  Rank       : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 4% (-) Forum Posts : 746 (+3)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 19614 (+4) Shows : 1
Pending : 225 (+137) Episodes : 2
Denied : 117 People : 0
Total : 19956 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
118 Shows 1 Show
Stats 5 March 2006:
  Rank       : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 4% (-) Forum Posts : 743 (-)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 19610 (+3) Shows : 1
Pending : 88 (+60) Episodes : 2
Denied : 117 People : 0
Total : 19815 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
118 Shows 1 Show
Stats 4 March 2006:
  Rank       : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 4% (-) Forum Posts : 743 (-)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 19607 (+7) Shows : 1
Pending : 28 (+8) Episodes : 2
Denied : 117 People : 0
Total : 19752 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
118 Shows 1 Show
I have this thing sussed now... I held off from submitting until the weekend, when I worked up a whole lot, although domestic circumstances meant that I did rather fewer than the 400 planned. In the event, TV.com staff approved rather fewer than 200 of these on Monday - for some reason they knocked off an hour-and-a-half early, so I attended to some of the changes required to shows I actually edit, to ensure that I got 200 submissions approved in a 24-hour period. I achieved this, and got my one percent, together with editorship of four more shows: The Adventurer, The Four Just Men, O.S.S. and Paul Temple. Now I have 96 of my own submissions for those shows to approve... Taken together with the handful of subs I have in the Queue of Doom, these won't make 200, so I think I shall wait until a day that I am able to secure 104 additional contributions, and so earn a second percentage point in a week. And that, my friends, is gaming the system!

Level 52.04

Stats 3 March 2006



Rank : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 4% (+1) Forum Posts : 738 (+5)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 19600 (+200) Shows : 1
Pending : 20 (-2) Episodes : 2
Denied : 117 (+1) People : 0
Total : 19737 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
118 Shows 1 Show
Apparently, one of my submissions for a show I edit was disallowed - a submission conflict, perhaps?
Stats 2 March 2006:
  Rank       : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 3% (-) Forum Posts : 733 (+1)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 19400 (+139) Shows : 1
Pending : 22 (-1) Episodes : 2
Denied : 116 People : 0
Total : 19548 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
118 Shows 1 Show
So there you are... 200 subs is worth 1% at 52.

200 subs =?

As an experiment, I submitted exactly 200 submissions today. Let's see whether that is worth 1% or not!

Level 52.03

Stats 1 March 2006:
            Rank       : Guzzlefish!  Level      : 52  Percentage :  3% (+1)      Forum Posts :   732 (+4)  
  Submissions                Reviews  Accepted   : 19261 (+345)  Shows       :     1  Pending    :    23 (-264)  Episodes    :     2  Denied     :   116         People      :     0  Total      : 19400         Total       :     3  
  Edited Guides              Trusted User  118 Shows (+3)             1 Show  
A busy day, topping up the pendings that were finally cleared yesterday, saw another one per cent rise, with three new editorships - Colonel March of Scotland Yard, International Detective and Jemima Shore Investigates, with several others ripe for acquisition - I chose to concentrate on crew submissions to hold off the day of editorship, and allow me to play the submissions game.

...and again!

Stats 28 February 2006:
            Rank       : Guzzlefish!  Level      : 52  Percentage :  2%  (-)      Forum Posts :   728 (+2)  
  Submissions                Reviews  Accepted   : 18916  (+56)  Shows       :     1  Pending    :   287  (+15)  Episodes    :     2  Denied     :   116         People      :     0  Total      : 19319         Total       :     3  
  Edited Guides              Trusted User  115 Shows (+1)             1 Show  
  Another disappointing Monday, in which the only submissions I   had approved were those for Police Surgeon, because I had   mentioned the show in the submissions thread, and, bizarrely,   one person ID that I submitted on the Monday itself. The 287   other submissions for editorless shows and people I did between   Friday and Monday went unnoticed and unloved, so the 56   submissions here don't go towards a level increase.  
  Stats 27 February 2006:  
  Rank       : Guzzlefish!  Level      : 52  Percentage :  2%  (-)      Forum Posts :   726 (+5)  
  Submissions                Reviews  Accepted   : 18860    (-)  Shows       :     1  Pending    :   272 (+124)  Episodes    :     2  Denied     :   116         People      :     0  Total      : 18249         Total       :     3  
  Edited Guides              Trusted User  114 Shows (+1)             1 Show  
  Stats 26 February 2006:  
  Rank       : Guzzlefish!  Level      : 52  Percentage :  2%  (-)      Forum Posts :   721 (+9)  
  Submissions                Reviews  Accepted   : 18860    (-)  Shows       :     1  Pending    :   148 (+128)  Episodes    :     2  Denied     :   116         People      :     0  Total      : 19124         Total       :     3  
  Edited Guides              Trusted User  114 Shows (+1)             1 Show  
  Stats 25 February 2006:  
  Rank       : Guzzlefish!  Level      : 52  Percentage :  2%  (-)      Forum Posts :   712 (+2)  
  Submissions                Reviews  Accepted   : 18860   (+5)  Shows       :     1  Pending    :    20   (-5)  Episodes    :     2  Denied     :   116         People      :     0  Total      : 18996         Total       :     3  
  Edited Guides              Trusted User  114 Shows (+1)             1 Show  
  Stats 24 February 2006:  
  Rank       : Guzzlefish!  Level      : 52  Percentage :  2%  (-)      Forum Posts :   710 (+2)  
  Submissions                Reviews  Accepted   : 18855    (-)  Shows       :     1  Pending    :    25    (-)  Episodes    :     2  Denied     :   116         People      :     0  Total      : 18996         Total       :     3  
  Edited Guides              Trusted User  114 Shows (+1)             1 Show

... and again.

Stats 23 February 2006:




Rank : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 2% (-) Forum Posts : 698 (+4)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 18855 (+12) Shows : 1
Pending : 25 (+6) Episodes : 2
Denied : 116 People : 0
Total : 18996 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
114 Shows (+1) 1 Show
A quiet day, with minimal submissions. I was about to do one guide yesterday, then realised I should save it until Sunday/Monday! One new show, effectively earned a few days ago... Cold Warrior.

Level 52.02

Stats 22 February 2006:




Rank : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 2% (+1) Forum Posts : 694 (+7)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 18843 (+305) Shows : 1
Pending : 19 (-218) Episodes : 2
Denied : 116 People : 0
Total : 18978 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
113 Shows (+6) 1 Show
Stats 21 February 2006:
  Rank       : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 1% (-) Forum Posts : 687 (+7)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 18538 (+23) Shows : 1
Pending : 237 (+117) Episodes : 2
Denied : 116 People : 0
Total : 18891 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
107 Shows 1 Show
That didn't work... I had set everything up to get a percentage point on Tuesday, but didn't realise that TV.com would be shut on Monday! 1% appears to be the going rate for 300 submissions, something I can only achieve once a week, so it will take me until January 2008 before to reach Level 53! I will have to find something else to do midweek... Meanwhile, my grab for points meant that I picked up 6 new shows: Call Me Mister, Call The Gun Expert, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, The Mask of Janus, Mr Rose and Redcap, with a seventh arriving tomorrow. I am happy to report that, after 2 months, 5 PMs, a blog post, a comment on a staff member's blog, and several forum posts, my outstanding submissions from December 2005 (for one show with a retired editor, one with an inactive one) were finally approved. Kudos to missribs, who cleared every sub mentioned in the outstanding submissions thread, including one I posted about Hetty Wainthropp Investigates when I realised what she was clearing the list, and which she cleared within an hour of me posting!

Level 52.01

Stats 20 February 2006:




Rank : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 1% (+1) Forum Posts : 680 (+4)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 18515 (+316) Shows : 1
Pending : 120 (+17) Episodes : 2
Denied : 116 People : 0
Total : 18751 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
107 Shows 1 Show
Stats 19 February 2006:
  Rank       : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 0% (-) Forum Posts : 676 (+7)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 18199 (+129) Shows : 1
Pending : 103 (+76) Episodes : 2
Denied : 116 People : 0
Total : 18418 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
107 Shows 1 Show
Interesting... I got no increase for 100+ submissions, so went for broke, tidying three of the guides that were in a state of some disrepair when I found them. Because of the narrow range of outputs, and because I was able to obtain all the information I needed from just four sources, I achieved a lower research/submission ratio than I have ever managed before, but still achieved just 1%. On that basis, this may well be my last ever increase...

Guzzlefish!

Stats 18 February 2006:




Rank : Guzzlefish!
Level : 52
Percentage : 0% (+6) Forum Posts : 669 (+10)

Submissions Reviews
Accepted : 18070 (+185) Shows : 1
Pending : 27 (+3) Episodes : 2
Denied : 116 People : 0
Total : 18213 Total : 3

Edited Guides Trusted User
107 Shows 1 Show
A final push and there we are... Level 52. The air is very rarefied up here!